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Understanding Complex Vocabulary: From Amicable to Zealous

Dive into a curated collection of advanced vocabulary words, each defined with precision and care. This guide features terms like 'adroit' and 'benevolent', alongside contrasting words like 'aversive' and 'belligerent'. Each entry provides insight into usage and context, helping learners enhance their communication skills. Additionally, understand the nuances of words like 'meticulous' and 'duplicity', and explore concepts like 'nostalgia' and 'impetus'. Perfect for students, writers, and language enthusiasts seeking to enrich their lexicon.

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Understanding Complex Vocabulary: From Amicable to Zealous

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  1. ADROIT; adj Skillfull, expert in the use of the hands or mind

  2. AMICABLE; adj. Peaceful, friendly

  3. AVERSE; adj. Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

  4. BELLIGERENT; adj/n Given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggrssive One at war, one engaged in war

  5. BENEVOLENT; adj Kind, charitable

  6. CURSORY; adj Hasty, not thorough

  7. DUPLICITY; n Treachery, deceitfulness

  8. EXTOL; v To praise extravagantly

  9. FEASIBLE; adj Possible, able to be done

  10. GRIMACE; n/v A wry face, facial distortion To make a wry face

  11. HOLOCAUST; n A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

  12. IMPERVIOUS; adj Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

  13. IMPETUS; n A moving force, impulse, stimulus

  14. JEOPARDY; n. danger

  15. METICULOUS; adj Extremely careful; particular about details

  16. NOSTALGIA; n A longing for something past; homesickness

  17. QUINTESSENCE; n The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

  18. RETROGRESS; v To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

  19. SCRUTINIZE; v To examine closely

  20. TEPID; adj Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

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